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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 530.1 EAN: 9780385477819 Edition: Rev Upd Su ISBN: 0385477813 Label: Anchor Manufacturer: Anchor Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: September 01, 1995 Publisher: Anchor Release Date: September 01, 1995 Studio: Anchor Editorial Review: Product Description: Beyond Einstein takes readers on an exciting excursion into the discoveries that have led scientists to the brightest new prospect in theoretical physics today -- superstring theory. What is superstring theory and why is it important? This revolutionary breakthrough may well be the fulfillment of Albert Einstein's lifelong dream of a Theory of Everything, uniting the laws of physics into a single description explaining all the known forces in the universe. Co-authored by one of the leading pioneers in superstrings, Michio Kaku, and completely revised and updated with the newest groundbreaking research, the book approaches scientific questions with the excitement of a detective story, offering a fascinating look at the new science that may make the impossible possible. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Sketchy and somewhat out of dateI can only give this book a very lukewarm endorsement. My two complaints were that it is sketchy and somewhat out of date. Sketchy --- By sketchy I mean that it does not explain anything in depth. This book just skims the surface of string theory and most of the subjects covered are discussed just superficially. This is not, in and of itself, a necessarily bad thing. In fact, for some audiences it is actually a desirable feature. High school students and those who just want a brief ... Read More Rating:  - One man's view of higher dimensionsThis volume takes you through Kaluza-Klein formalism and there is some math that must be understood for an insightful experience. Some of the material is dated, and Dr. Kaku's string theory has taken a beating in the scientific community of late. However, this book is still one of the best introductions to the fifth dimension and the integration of time, electromagnetism, and gravitation. There are books that are best described as mind candy; Dr. Kaku's works are a brain feast ... Read More Rating:  - Very interesting and within reach of ordinary folks like me...I really liked this book. It found it easier to understand (and less gee-whiz) than Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe (paperback and CD). Kaku and his co-writer presented a very clear description of what hyperspace would look like to four-dimensional creatures such as ourselves. (This was the first clear layman's description I have read.) I only wish I understood better the quantum mechanics that "vanquished" Newton's and Einstein's propositions about gravity in very small spaces; perhaps some drawings ... Read More Rating: - A Magnificent Books That Will Make You ThinkThis fascinating book will take you through the realm of cosmology, physics, and the world of mathematics. However, the book at times can be hard to understand because it uses very hard language and refers to several theories and scientist. It is necessary to have small background knowledge in physics and in many of the scientists and theories the book mentions. It mentions scientist such as Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, Hawkins, Newton, Maxwell, Feynman, Glashow, Nambu, and many more. The book mainly talks ... Read More Rating: - Fascinating bookThis isn't Kaku's best book-its one of his earlier efforts and his writing skills have gotten quite a bit better since then. However I still recommend this book. At the time I read it, I was studying electrical engineering in college and one day I ran into a friend in the student union. He started talking about all this physics stuff he was reading and how it was blowing his mind. It was like he had been through a religious conversion. He promised to let me borrow the book and it was Kaku's Beyond Einstein. A ... Read More |
